Language in Posts

[ohland]

String cheese is on sale at the local grocery store.

True, but is it real cheese, or is it pastuerized? Smoked string cheese is a sign from Gyod that we are loved.

[Love Life]

It's that plastic like stuff.

[ohland]

From Rise:

They put a hot wire to my head
Cos of the things I did and said
And made these feelings go away
Model citizen in every way

So what constitutes unacceptable? I can use multi-sylabic constructions that some former Marines used. Doesn't mean I want to maltreat anyone (except in the case of another online poll!).

No desire for a free fire zone. Email (even with emoticons) is a very terse medium. I can recall a George Carlin routine on the various ways one word can be used, either jocular, exasperation, violent intent, pleasure, and maybe a few others (been a long time). Unless we want to switch to recorded messages to capture nuances, or God forbid, video, we are all going to have to grow up.

So when I read things here that have been submitted by members, on a rare occasion, I would like to take a baseball bat to their computer. But I don't, because of almost three decades of dealing with email. Shake your head and wonder what is eating them? English - "it creaks and groans, but is mine alone".

Be alert to the cognative dissonance.

And now back to our regularly schedured broadcast...

[farmerjim]

When I moved to Montreal from Louisiana in the late 70's I could not speak a word of French. Before the first week was out I new every curse word there is in French. It took me 2 more years of study to learn to speak the rest of the language. When I moved to a house in one of the total French sections of town I had a nice older french lady as a next door neighbor. She spoke English to me, as her English was much better than my French. What amazed me was she cursed like a sailor in English, but never would say anything like a curse word in French. The English words for the same thoughts and things just did not have a vulgar meaning to her as the French did.

[Mooseman]

This is a Privately owned site and freedom of speech guaranteed by the Constitution is Not total freedom of speech, only speaking out against the government and petitioning are a right. Here you are on private property and as such we have rules here you agree to follow or you will be shown the door. This forum was set up to be educational and bring others into the casting and shooting world to teach them and keep our hobby alive. We have people from all over the world reading our forum , many who are not members, on any given day. We want the forum to be the best it can be and keep the gutter talk and trolling and fighting out of here.We have children reading this forum, as well as ladies and so if you can't show a little common decency here , then i suggest you find another forum, plain and simple.
The Moderators here are Members who when asked, accepted a volunteer position to help keep this forum on the right track , and we work tirelessly behind the scenes to keep it running smoothly. We refuse to let this forum become a Garbage pit like some other forums have become. We ban porn spammers, regular spammers , etc. quickly to insure a clean site. Take time to read The TOS and especially the "We reserve the Right " part.
The same way you cannot yell "Fire" in a crowded theater and get away with it , you cannot come in here cursing, namecalling, trolling , picking a fight, or spreading BS for your own pleasure. It will be dealt with. Those who say "you are violating my rights " need to take a step back and reread what you agreed to in order to join.If i came into your house and started cursing at you and your family , what could I expect ? A butt kicking and to be shown the door. Here it is no different.
I suggest if you need a "special" word there are things like "Dang" , heck, Boloney, Dagnabbit, etc. that wont incur the wrath of staff. I for one think Our members are great people and have the common decency to keep it clean and above all ...Think before you post !!!

[Bodine]

AMEN to that!

[mj2evans]

The OP seems to be pushing more than vulgar language should be limited. Its when you start to let the scope of your "well meaning" limits widen that things go downhill in a hurry. Plus I don't relinquish my God given rights just because someone else says this is their sandbox.

When you start putting more and more limits on people, and judge others by their post count, it looks like you are empire building. This leads to wanting to control discussions and limit growth. That is all I am pointing out. These are the lessons of history.

[oneokie]

The OP seems to be pushing more than vulgar language should be limited. Its when you start to let the scope of your "well meaning" limits widen that things go downhill in a hurry. Plus I don't relinquish my God given rights just because someone else says this is their sandbox.

In case someone has not found the Terms of Service that they agreed to when they joined, here is the section referenced in one of the above posts;

4) WE RESERVE THE RIGHT to refuse access to anyone that promotes undesirable attitudes, is adversarial towards the members/moderators/admins or is just generally socially unacceptable.

For anyone who has comprehension issues;
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT to

refuse access to anyone that promotes undesireable attitudes

is adversarial towards the members/moderators/admins

or

is just socially unacceptable.

One does not give up their "God given rights" here, they only have to abide by our rules. Plain and simple. If they cannot bring them selves to do this simple thing, their stay here will be short in duration.

[lkydvl]

"Plus I don't relinquish my God given rights just because someone else says this is their sandbox."

You Sir, are dense. Your rights are not unlimited just because you think they should be. You can abide by the rules here or go elsewhere. You can behave like you wish and bear the consequences. That's a fact. Why? Cause that is the site owner's RIGHT and the Mods duty.

[tryNto]

Plus I don't relinquish my God given rights just because someone else says this is their sandbox.

You Sir, are dense. Your rights are not unlimited just because you think they should be. You can abide by the rules here or go elsewhere. You can behave like you wish and bear the consequences. That's a fact. Why? Cause that is the site owner's RIGHT and the Mods duty.

I agree.

[Bzcraig]

The OP seems to be pushing more than vulgar language should be limited. Its when you start to let the scope of your "well meaning" limits widen that things go downhill in a hurry. Plus I don't relinquish my God given rights just because someone else says this is their sandbox.

When you start putting more and more limits on people, and judge others by their post count, it looks like you are empire building. This leads to wanting to control discussions and limit growth. That is all I am pointing out. These are the lessons of history.

I will not apologize again Mr Evans. My OP was in plain English and if you are not able to interpret it's meaning from the words included in it and insist there is some hidden meaning that only you are capable of seeing then it would seem you lead a most miserable existence. Next stop is my ignore list.

[mj2evans]

... yawn ...

[mj2evans]

Oh I get you set limits and I have followed them .... so stop trying to be the thought police. ANYONE can view this site so are part of public domain.

The road to hell is paved in good intentions and that is what I was point out. Censorship ship never leads to anything good. I am sorry you can't see that.

[Bzcraig]

Troll status reinstated.

[JSnover]

Troll status reinstated.

And ignored. Problem solved.

[jcwit]

And to think there are those who have ME on their ignore list.

[RogerDat]

Not to beat a dead (or at least wounded) horse but if you can't write it without swearing then you really need to work on your vocabulary and try harder. I can see slipping up in conversation but in written form? Give me a break!

Recall freedom of the press only exists for those that own printing presses, it does not guarantee that what you want to write will get printed on someone else's press.

My house my rules, someone else's house their rules and the only appropriate response to violating the house rules is an apology or leaving if you find them too unbearable. What is not an option is telling someone what rules they should change in their house to suit you. Especially when most of the people at the party are just fine without potty mouth dialog.

[fatnhappy]

"Plus I don't relinquish my God given rights just because someone else says this is their sandbox."

You Sir, are dense. Your rights are not unlimited just because you think they should be. You can abide by the rules here or go elsewhere. You can behave like you wish and bear the consequences. That's a fact. Why? Cause that is the site owner's RIGHT and the Mods duty.

See how easy that is Andre.

[NavyVet1959]

Not to beat a dead (or at least wounded) horse but if you can't write it without swearing then you really need to work on your vocabulary and try harder. I can see slipping up in conversation but in written form? Give me a break!

Sometimes, it's just that the net nanny filtered words are the most appropriate.

For example, you might say that someone is being an *** (EDIT: it got filtered -- insert 3-letter word commonly used for Equus Asinus). Whether this gets filtered on this site or another site is anyone's guess. I've seen sites that will filter "assume" to "***ume". That's getting a bit ridiculous.

Why should you have to say that someone is an Equus Asinus or the posterior area of a human body (depending upon your actual intentions) when it is so much more compact to just use the 3-letter word?

Now, from a purely language standpoint, one could argue that saying that someone "was being an <insert-above-3-letter-word>" implied Equus Asinus whereas saying that someone "was an <insert-above-3-letter-word>" might imply either of the two definitions in that the 3-letter word is being used as a short form of the 7-letter word.

With all this talk of 3-letter and 7-letter words, you have to start wondering if we're playing Wheel of Fortune or something.

[MT Gianni]

Is your vocabulary really so poor that 3 and 7 letter words is the only way you can communicate? I have been dressed down by intense men who used not a curse word but left me no doubt as to what my mistakes and or flaws were. If you don't care for the rules vote with your feet, there is no censorship there or cost to do so.